George nelson cooper



(No Model.) G. N. COOPER.

HAT HOLDER'.

Patented Feb; 2 4, 1891;

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GEORGE NELSON COOPER, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE lO ADRIANCE S. DINSMORE, OE SAME PLACE.

HAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,278, dated February 24, 1891.

Application tiled May 10, 1888.

Serial No. 273 ,739. (No model.)

To (tu whom t may concern:

Be it known that LGEOEGE NELsoN COOPER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haverhilhin the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful ImprovementI in Hat-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Io Figure 1 represents arperspect-ive view of my improved hat-holder. Fig. 2 shows a top view of the same, and Fig. 3 represents the same in use.

Similar letters indicate like parts in the different gures.

My invention relates to a device designed to be placed upon a nail,peg,wardrobehook, or the like for the purpose of holdingna hat; and it consists in the several features as herezo inafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to Fig. 1, A denotes a wardrobellook attached by means of screws a a to the side Wall A of a building. Y

B is a ring suspended upon the hook A.

The hat-.holder proper consists of a bent wire provided with eyes b b, encircling the ring B. As the holder is suspended upon the hook A, the sides D D extend laterally from` 3o the ring B a sufficient distance to inclose the brim of the hat. The wire is then bent atan oblique angle at c c away from the wall A', forming the sides E E, which extend to d d, where the wire is bent at nearly right angles,

3 5 forming the sides F E, parallel with the sides D D. Thence the wire extends downward in a semicircularbow G,in which the crownof the hat rests when in use, but which rests against the wall A when the holder is not in use, as

4o shown in Figs. l and 2.

The holder, constructed substantially as described, is readily detached from the supportingpeg or hook A or changed from one hook to another, and the curved section G may be raised, allowing a garment to be placed lF F and pushing the hat downward until the crown restsupon the curved section G, bring- .ing the sidesE F above the center of the'b'rim and securely retaining the hat in its posltion, as shown in Fig. 3. The ringA is madelarge enough to pass over the end of the ordinary Awardrobe-hook or hat-tree peg, and it maybe formed integral with one of the sides D D, if desired. 6o

Itis difficult to support stiif felt or silk hats upon the ordinary peg of a hat-tree or upon a wardrobe-hook, especially if a garment 1s hung beneath them, as a slight movement o f the garment is usually sufficient to displace them; but by the use of my improved hatholder the hook is available for t-he support of garments, and also enables a hat to be securely held against displacement by removing the garment or from other causes. 7n

The holder and hat may both be raised to allow the garment to be removed from the hook without removing the hat from theholder or the holder from the hook.

My invention is designed for use upon the hat-trees in private residences, upon the hooks of coat-rooms at hotels and public halls, in the wardrobes of school buildings, and all places where it is desired to support ahat upon a hook without risk of its falling. So

I do not confine myself specifically to the precise shape or proportions as herein described and illustrated, as many modifications may obviously be made without departing from the essentialfeatures of my invention.

That I claim as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The within-described hat-supporter, consisting of a wire bent in substantially semicircular shape at G to inclose the crown of 9o the hat, at right angles to the bent section G upon each side, as at F E, at right angles at d cl, forming the sides E E, and at an angle at c c', forming the sides D D, which are united by the ring B, the space between the sides F F and D D being suflicient to include the roll of the brim of the hat, substantially as described.

GEORGE NELSON COOPER.

XVitnesses:

CHARLES H. POOR, BENJAMIN E. BRICKETT. 

